Marnaby

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1. Hematoma/ecchymosis?

   Marnaby replied to zacarias's topic in Cardiac

   Although it does hurt to put pressure on a groin hematoma it's also VERY necessary. Otherwise your patient will continue to bleed from the artery/vein that was punctured under the skin. Then you get...

2. funky situation + cardizem = eep!

   Marnaby replied to Indy's topic in Cardiac

   Sorry to hear about your horrible night w/ that patient. They may also have been able to try doing an Amiodarone bolus w/ a drip. Still can drop the blood pressure, but it's another option. Then...

3. Starting Salary

   Marnaby replied to gerry79's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

   I work at Beth Israel on a cardiac floor. Started out here in April of 2004 as a new grad at $25.13/hr. I'm up to $28/hr now with my recent raise and market adjustment. The salary thing that they...

4. staffing on nights

   Marnaby replied to donmomofnine's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   I work on a 14 bed cardiac stepdown floor. When we are full at 14 we have 4 nurses at night with 1 aide. Right now the census is only at 7 with one pt filling that "stepdown" criteria (she's on...

5. Question about internal defibs

   Marnaby replied to Antikigirl's topic in Cardiac

   I work on a cardiac stepdown unit and a majority of my patients have ICD's and PM's. I actually have taken care of a woman for the past few days who's ICD shocked her 27 times in one day (needless to...

6. ASU vs GCU

   Marnaby replied to maneses's topic in Arizona Nursing

   I graduated from ASU in Dec of 2003. I just had a discussion with some nursing friends about the benefit of going to ASU versus a community college. While we agree that the community college students...

7. Glendale Community College

   Marnaby replied to GlendaleStudent's topic in Arizona Nursing

   GlendaleStudent- That's what I meant to say, but you said if for me. Thanks for clearing up some of the confusion. Good luck to all at GCC!

8. Glendale Community College

   Marnaby replied to GlendaleStudent's topic in Arizona Nursing

   thrashej- Patho was a pre-req that I had to take at GCC before applying to the professional nursing program at ASU. Cullinan use to teach Patho back then. I'm not sure if she does it now. I think...

9. St. Joes NICU

   Marnaby replied to texan's topic in Arizona Nursing

   If you meet a nurse by the name of Brianna Brady tell her Marnie says hi. We went to nursing school together and we were in the same learning community. Good luck with the rotation!

10. Glendale Community College

    Marnaby replied to GlendaleStudent's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I went to GCC a couple of years ago before transfering to ASU for the nursing program. I had Cullinan for my patho class and she was great. At the time the class was a little overwhelming, but...

11. St. Joes NICU

    Marnaby replied to texan's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I did my leadership/managment portion of my Senior II semester in the NICU at St. Joe's. I loved it there!!! All of the nurses were very helpful and the environment was fun. They have a Level III...

12. Slow forum! Anyone have any experience with St. Joe's?

    Marnaby replied to klone's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I did a rotation in the NICU at St. Joe's and I loved it! All of the nurses were fun and really helpful. I toured the OB floors and watched a couple of c-sections and lady partsl births. The nurses...

13. ASU Student-Help!

    Marnaby replied to IWannaBaBabyNurse's topic in Arizona Nursing

    You are very welcome! If you have any more questions let me know!

14. ASU Student-Help!

    Marnaby replied to IWannaBaBabyNurse's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I can tell you are smart and I haven't even met you! If someone were to drop out it would either be before the semester started, or after about the first month. You would definitely be able to fill...

15. New Grad pay

    Marnaby replied to gerry79's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    I work at a large teaching hospital (new grad since December '03) at